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The Southern Ilunois Record
.\ (iood Nowspapor i« a Power in tlio Home. School, Slate and .Nation
VOIA .MK -2
FLOR.V. nJNOIS. nil RSD.W. .VKJl ST 20. I«)14
NO. 47
ILLINOIS STATE HORTI- CULTURAL SOCIETY
Second Annual Summer Meeting T« Be
Belli Here Next Tuesday
August 2S
INTERESTING PRUGRAN ARRANGED
i coulil recover from his nervousness. This is a remarlchlesucce.ssful hunt I coiisiderintf tliat il was on unlucl^y j F'riday and none of the iMiys are con¬ sidered cvpcricnced s(|uirrel shooters; hut tliey ^'ol tlicm all ri^'lit. and brought the game home to prove il.
Automobiles Te Neet Trains and Convey
Visitors to Different Orchards Where
Cultivation is Demonstrated
As announced In last week's Rec¬ ord, the Second Annual Suminer nieetlnK of the Illinois Slate Horti¬ cultural SiK'iety will lie held in Flora Tuesday. Aug. 2")tii.
.\iitoinoiiiles wliose owners have kindly tendered tlieir use for Hie day for Hie entertainment of visitors will meet incoming trains, assembling near the cro.sslng of Main and Nortli Avenue Streets, wlience lliey will proceed to Orchard No. !t of Mr. H. M. Dunlap,: demonstrations will be made of tractor cultivation and the use of various orchard cultivators that may be on exhibit.
During this time tlie visitors will view this orcliard and the adjoining orchards of Smith .lones and Haw¬ kins, which is a rejuvenated orchard having had no care until last year and wliicli now shows the quick re¬ sponse of our neglected orchards to sclentltic treatment.
The automobiles will now trans|)ort Hie guests to Hie orchard farm of Col. .1. Mack Tanner, wliere luncheon will Ije served at one o'clm-k by the citi¬ zens of Klora to all visiting guests from a distance and liK'ai committees. .\ll owners of automobiles tendering tlieii .services for tlie day will he con- .sidered memliers of the entertain¬ ment commillee.
It is lioped lhal all owners of or¬ chards in (lay Coiinly small and large will show their interesi liy atlending this meellng. .Ml local people desir¬ ing to attend sliould Iiring llieir din¬ ners in iiaskets.
.\fler dinner atrip will he made tlirougli the peach, pear and apple or¬ chards, stopping at Hie packing slieds wliere Col. Tanner will demonstrate the mechanical sizing of apples, pears or peaches on «ne or more styles of fruit graders. Kollowing tliis a tour will lie made of the best orcliard seclion abuut Klora and Louisville witli slops at a numlier of tiie im¬ proved orchards, returning by way of tiie Stale Kxperimental Station west of Klora.
Supper will lie had at the hotels, and an evening session at":.!!! at .some convenient place. This will lie Hie most iiii]i(irlanl topic of the day. since it lias to do Willi insects which liave lost us half our cropsIhisyear. I'rof. (). S. Watklns. of the rnlversity of Illinois, will speak on "Insects.Their Injury and Control.''
Flora's Water Supply
Flora is nol the only lown con¬ fronted wilh the problem of a suf- (icient supple of water. Sparta. Illi¬ nois is experiencing a water famine and reports from many otlier .Southern Illinois towns Indicate a like con¬ dition. Sparta through its mayor, .lohn I). Lyle called a mass meeting recently. .\t this meeting Hie busi¬ ness men and citizens agreed to form a corporation Willi a capital of *2.').- iKKi to purchase a site, iiuild a dam and spillway and otherwise provide for all the water needed for years to come. The site and water privilege to Ije leased to the city for twenty- live years at annual rental of U or '% on the investment and an additional rental of ^.'iiKi each year whlcli will be deducted from the original cash jirice in the event it decides to pur¬ chase Hie site on an option wliicli will he part of the agreement.
.\s Klora is considering the propo¬ sition of securing ample walersiipply for the future, the plan adopted by Sparta might be louked into.
Some Squirrel Hunt
Osi'ar Trago, Holla Vallierl. Charles Knight. Kd Hinder and liowden Hr(K-ketl went to Skillet Kork Kri¬ day last to hunt sijuirrels.
They left here via automobile at ;{:3ii o'clock a. m. and returned about ti p. m. with their car decorated with sixty brown and gray squirrels and said that as many more could have been secured, had not the luw pro hlblted. R

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The Southern Ilunois Record
.\ (iood Nowspapor i« a Power in tlio Home. School, Slate and .Nation
VOIA .MK -2
FLOR.V. nJNOIS. nil RSD.W. .VKJl ST 20. I«)14
NO. 47
ILLINOIS STATE HORTI- CULTURAL SOCIETY
Second Annual Summer Meeting T« Be
Belli Here Next Tuesday
August 2S
INTERESTING PRUGRAN ARRANGED
i coulil recover from his nervousness. This is a remarlchlesucce.ssful hunt I coiisiderintf tliat il was on unlucl^y j F'riday and none of the iMiys are con¬ sidered cvpcricnced s(|uirrel shooters; hut tliey ^'ol tlicm all ri^'lit. and brought the game home to prove il.
Automobiles Te Neet Trains and Convey
Visitors to Different Orchards Where
Cultivation is Demonstrated
As announced In last week's Rec¬ ord, the Second Annual Suminer nieetlnK of the Illinois Slate Horti¬ cultural SiK'iety will lie held in Flora Tuesday. Aug. 2")tii.
.\iitoinoiiiles wliose owners have kindly tendered tlieir use for Hie day for Hie entertainment of visitors will meet incoming trains, assembling near the cro.sslng of Main and Nortli Avenue Streets, wlience lliey will proceed to Orchard No. !t of Mr. H. M. Dunlap,: demonstrations will be made of tractor cultivation and the use of various orchard cultivators that may be on exhibit.
During this time tlie visitors will view this orcliard and the adjoining orchards of Smith .lones and Haw¬ kins, which is a rejuvenated orchard having had no care until last year and wliicli now shows the quick re¬ sponse of our neglected orchards to sclentltic treatment.
The automobiles will now trans|)ort Hie guests to Hie orchard farm of Col. .1. Mack Tanner, wliere luncheon will Ije served at one o'clm-k by the citi¬ zens of Klora to all visiting guests from a distance and liK'ai committees. .\ll owners of automobiles tendering tlieii .services for tlie day will he con- .sidered memliers of the entertain¬ ment commillee.
It is lioped lhal all owners of or¬ chards in (lay Coiinly small and large will show their interesi liy atlending this meellng. .Ml local people desir¬ ing to attend sliould Iiring llieir din¬ ners in iiaskets.
.\fler dinner atrip will he made tlirougli the peach, pear and apple or¬ chards, stopping at Hie packing slieds wliere Col. Tanner will demonstrate the mechanical sizing of apples, pears or peaches on «ne or more styles of fruit graders. Kollowing tliis a tour will lie made of the best orcliard seclion abuut Klora and Louisville witli slops at a numlier of tiie im¬ proved orchards, returning by way of tiie Stale Kxperimental Station west of Klora.
Supper will lie had at the hotels, and an evening session at":.!!! at .some convenient place. This will lie Hie most iiii]i(irlanl topic of the day. since it lias to do Willi insects which liave lost us half our cropsIhisyear. I'rof. (). S. Watklns. of the rnlversity of Illinois, will speak on "Insects.Their Injury and Control.''
Flora's Water Supply
Flora is nol the only lown con¬ fronted wilh the problem of a suf- (icient supple of water. Sparta. Illi¬ nois is experiencing a water famine and reports from many otlier .Southern Illinois towns Indicate a like con¬ dition. Sparta through its mayor, .lohn I). Lyle called a mass meeting recently. .\t this meeting Hie busi¬ ness men and citizens agreed to form a corporation Willi a capital of *2.').- iKKi to purchase a site, iiuild a dam and spillway and otherwise provide for all the water needed for years to come. The site and water privilege to Ije leased to the city for twenty- live years at annual rental of U or '% on the investment and an additional rental of ^.'iiKi each year whlcli will be deducted from the original cash jirice in the event it decides to pur¬ chase Hie site on an option wliicli will he part of the agreement.
.\s Klora is considering the propo¬ sition of securing ample walersiipply for the future, the plan adopted by Sparta might be louked into.
Some Squirrel Hunt
Osi'ar Trago, Holla Vallierl. Charles Knight. Kd Hinder and liowden Hr(K-ketl went to Skillet Kork Kri¬ day last to hunt sijuirrels.
They left here via automobile at ;{:3ii o'clock a. m. and returned about ti p. m. with their car decorated with sixty brown and gray squirrels and said that as many more could have been secured, had not the luw pro hlblted. R